Planning update: Development assets?

Lucy McDonnell analyses the impact of land and buildings being listed as ACVs on development schemes, as illustrated by three recent cases ‘These cases demonstrate that the assessment of whether land or buildings will meet the ACV listing test will turn on the facts of each case, and the challenges for both landowners and community …
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Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd & ors [2013] WTLR 1249

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | September 2013 #132

Michael Prest (husband) and Yasmin Prest (wife) were married for 15 years and had four children before the wife petitioned for divorce in March 2008. During the marriage the matrimonial home was in England, though for most of the time the husband was found to be resident in Monaco and there was also a second home in Nevis. Petrodel Resources Ltd (PRL), which was incorporated in the Isle of Man, was the legal owner of the matrimonial home and five other residential properties in the United Kingdom. PRL was part of a group of companies, one of which was the legal owner of two more resident...

Planning Enforcement: The house within a barn

David Myers assesses a planning case where a blatant attempt to disguise a residential home as a barn proved to be ultimately unsuccessful ‘What is clear is that the local planning authority now has a clear precedent for taking enforcement action following the dishonesty of an applicant, which is not restricted by any statutory time …
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